TEXAS SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Society Hosts Second Biennial Symposium on theHistory of Texas JurisprudenceBy Dylan O. DrummondON MAY 7, 2015, the Society held its second biennialcourse on the history of Texas and Supreme Courtjurisprudence. Once again, Society Trustee and JournalGeneral Editor Lynne Liberato served as the coursedirector.This year’s seminar featured several unique and captivatingpanel discussions, in addition to individual presentations ranging fromthe rise of modern contract law in Texas to accounts of the six lawyerswho perished at the Alamo.Photos by David C. KrollThe first panel was comprised of current Texas Supreme CourtChief Justice Nathan Hecht and his two immediate predecessors,Wallace Jefferson and Tom Phillips, who examined the challengesand successes of the tenure of each Chief Justice. Chief Justice Hechtreflected on his efforts to increase the availability of legal servicesto veterans and the indigent, while former Chief Justice Jeffersonrecounted the strides made during his term to bring the Court’sSymposium organizer Lynne Liberato(Left to right) Chief Justice (ret.) Tom Phillips, Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, Chief Justice (ret.) Wallace Jefferson.108